LSU Women's Basketball Team Seeks Its Third Consecutive Win and Puts It 24-Game Winning Streak Versus Louisiana 22 Mississippi State (CST) 7 P.M
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2008-009 LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Five Straight NCAA Final Fours • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 • Three SEC Championships • 2005, 2006, 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 7 NOVEMBER 5 Loyola-New Orleans + W, 68-50 LSU Lady Tigers 11 Houston Jags + W, 68-30 (3-3) 16 #16/14 Notre Dame ^ (ESPN2) L, 52-63 LSU LADY TIGERS SOUTHEASTERN 24 Tulane (CST) W, 63-47 vs. LOUISIANA 26 #25 Xavier L, 48-57 Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions Record: 3-3 (0-0 SEC) 30 Middle Tennessee L, 75-79 Ranking: NR Associated Press Record: 5-3 (0-0 Southland) (5-3) NR ESPN/USA Today Ranking: NR Associated Press DECEMBER Coaches NR ESPN/USA Today 1 Texas Southern W, 61-30 Thursday, Dec. 18 • 7 p.m. CST Coach: Van Chancellor Coaches 15 Louisiana Tech (CST) W, 51-41 Maravich Center • Baton Rouge, La. School Record: 34-9 (second Coach: Lori Davis Jones 18 Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. year) School Record: 75-100 (seventh 20 at Centenary Noon TV: None Career Record: 473-163 (21st year) 28 Florida State (CST) 2 p.m. Announcers: None year) Career Record: 253-197 (15th Radio: LSU Sports Radio Network; 107.3 FM in Baton Rouge Chancellor vs. SLU: 8-0 (first year) Jones vs. LSU: 0-2 JANUARY and in the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net meeting at LSU) Last Game: def. Louisiana Tech, Last Game: def. Southern, 49-43, 1 Nebraska 1 p.m. Announcers: Patrick Wright (play-by-play), Jeff Palermo 51-41, in Baton Rouge on Dec. 15 in Hammond, La., on Dec. 16 3 at Connecticut (CBS) 11 a.m. (analyst) 8 at Arkansas 7 p.m. Satellite Feed: None 11 Alabama 2 p.m. 14 at New Orleans 7 p.m. LSU SEEKS THIRD STRAIGHT WIN, PLAYS HOST TO SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 18 at Vanderbilt 2 p.m. The LSU women's basketball team seeks its third consecutive win and puts it 24-game winning streak versus Louisiana 22 Mississippi State (CST) 7 p.m. opponents on the line as the Lady Tigers play host to Southeastern Louisiana at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Pete Maravich 25 at Kentucky Noon 29 at South Carolina 6 p.m. Assembly Center. The contest can be heard in the Baton Rouge area on 107.3 FM. Live streaming audio and video is avail- able to members of the Geaux Zone on www.LSUsports.net. LSU (3-3) is coming off a 51-41 win over Louisiana Tech on FEBRUARY Monday night in Baton Rouge. The Lady Tigers held the Lady Techsters to 22.2 percent shooting in the first half and 27.1 1 Auburn (CST) 2 p.m. percent for the game while forcing 18 turnovers and blocking nine shots. Freshman forward LaSondra Barrett registered 5 Arkansas (SECRN) 8 p.m. her first career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Junior preseason All-Southeastern Conference guard 8 at Mississippi State 2 p.m. Allison Hightower led all scorers with 13 points. Hightower averages a team-best 12.7 points per game while grabbing 5.3 15 Florida (FSN) Noon 19 at Georgia 6 p.m. rebounds a contest. The Arlington, Texas, native leads LSU in four categories, including minutes (33.2), assists (2.3) and 22 Kentucky 2 p.m. steals per game (2.5). Barrett is second on the squad in scoring at 9.0 points per game. Sophomore guard Katherine 26 Tennessee (SECRN) 8 p.m. Graham leads LSU in rebounding with 6.2 boards per contest. Southeastern Louisiana (5-3) has won five out of its last six games since dropping the first two games of the season at Houston and at New Orleans. The Lady Lions defeated MARCH Southern, 49-43, on Tuesday night in Hammond. Senior forward Kristy Carlin leads SLU in points and rebounds per game 1 at Ole Miss 2 p.m. 5-8 SEC Tournament TBA with 14.8 and 8.9, respectively. LSU has won 24 consecutive games versus in-state opponents following Monday night's 22 NCAA Tournament First Round TBA victory. The last time the Lady Tigers lost to a Louisiana foe was Dec. 31, 1999, at Tulane by a score of 76-72. LSU has 24 NCAA Tournament Second Round TBA also won 31 straight home games against Louisiana teams. The Lady Tigers lead the all-time series with Lions, 27-7, since the series began in 1976. LSU has won 18 straight in the series, including a 97-47 victory at Baton Rouge on Dec. 20, + - denotes exhibition game 2003. The last time Southeastern Louisiana defeated the Lady Tigers was Feb. 24, 1981, in Hammond. On Friday, LSU will ^ - denotes State Farm Tip-Off Classic * - denotes Southeastern Conference game bus to Shreveport, La., as the Lady Tigers prepare for their first road game of the season against Centenary at noon CST SECRN - aired on Fox Sports Net;CST - Cox Sports Saturday in the Gold Dome. Television All times central and subject to change. BY THE NUMBERS LSU PROBABLE STARTERS G 20 Destini Hughes 5-10 Fr. 4.5 ppg 1.7 rpg 2.0 apg 7 - Blocks by Taylor Turnbow vs #25 Xavier, • 2008 McDonald’s All-American ... Has started five games at PG this season ... 14 second-half points to lead blowout win of Texas South. tying for the fourth-most in school history G 1 Katherine Graham 5-11 So. 3.5 ppg 6.2 rpg 2.0 apg • Has started every game this season ... Leads team in rebounding at 6.2 boards per game 5 - straight NCAA Final Fours, only the sec- G 23 Allison Hightower 5-10 Jr. 12.7 ppg 5.3 rpg 2.3 apg ond school in NCAA women’s basketball his- • 2008-09 Preseason All-SEC Coaches First Team ... 2007-08 SEC Sixth Woman of the Year ... Double-figures in scoring four times tory to achieve that F 22 Courtney Jones 6-2 Fr. 7.2 ppg 4.2 rpg 0.7 apg • 2008 Miss Alabama Basketball & Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year ... Third on team in points per game ... Started four of six games 18 - straight wins by LSU over Southeastern F 55 LaSondra Barrett 6-2 Fr. 8.6 ppg 4.4 rpg 2.0 spg Louisiana in the series • 2008 McDonald’s All-American ... Second on team in scoring ... Career-high 15 points vs. MTSU ... First career double-double vs. La. Tech 51.0 - percent of total points scored by LSU SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA PROBABLE STARTERS true freshmen this season (179 of the 351) G 25 Quantae Thomas 5-11 Jr. 10.6 ppg 4.7 rpg G 15 Charinee Mitchell 5-4 Sr. 6.5 ppg 2.5 rpg 24 - consecutive wins by LSU over Louisiana opponents G 11 Bethany Sinclair 5-7 Sr. 6.6 ppg 3.5 rpg F 1 Kristy Carlin 6-0 Sr. 14.8 ppg 8.9 rpg 52.7 - points allowed per game by LSU, C 24 Adonna Weaver 6-0 Sr. 3.8 ppg 2.9 rpg which ranks fourth in SEC and 38th in nation LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 7 NOTES • VS. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA • DEC. 18, 2008 2008-09 LSU LADY TIGERS NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Katherine Graham G 5-11 So./1L Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS 3 Latear Eason G 5-8 So./1L Chicago, Ill./John Hope Academy 5 Crystal Riley G 5-5 Fr./HS Arlington, Tenn./Hillcrest HS 11 Andrea Kelly G 5-9 Jr./JC Shalimar, Fla./Choctawhatchee HS (Okaloosa-Walton CC) 20 Destini Hughes G 5-10 Fr./HS Fort Worth, Texas/Kennedale HS 22 Courtney Jones F 6-2 Fr./HS Midfield, Ala./Midfield HS 23 Allison Hightower G 5-10 Jr./2L Arlington, Texas/Juan Seguin HS 24 Ayana Dunning F/C 6-3 Fr./HS Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor HS 25 Swayze Black F 6-3 Fr./HS Brookhaven, Miss./Brookhaven HS 41 Taylor Turnbow F 6-2 Fr./HS Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS 44 Kristen Morris F 6-2 Sr./3L Lathrup Village, Mich./Detroit Country Day School 55 LaSondra Barrett F 6-2 Fr./HS Jackson, Miss./William B. Murrah HS Head Coach: Van Chancellor (Mississippi State, 1965) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Associate Head Coach: Bob Starkey 3 Latear Eason La-TEAR Assistant Coach: Travis Mays (Texas, 1990) 11 Andrea Kelly An-DREE-uh Assistant Coach: Kenya Larkin-Landers (Texas, 2002) 20 Destini Hughes Des-TUH-knee Director of Basketball Operations: Brittany Dietz (Oklahoma State, 2005) 24 Ayana Dunning Eye-ON-nah Athletics Trainer: Micki Collins (Nebraska, 2000) 55 LaSondra Barrett Luh-SAWN-druh Sports Information: Bill Martin (LSU, 2007) Managers: Ebonie Mathews, Jasmyn Clark, Jenna Bond Student Trainers: Amanda Barbee, Danielle Davis LSU SPORTS INFORMATION HOME POSTGAME INTERVIEWS MEDIA CREDENTIALS Bill Martin handles the sports information duties for the All postgame interviews are held in the Press Conference All requests for working press, photo and broadcast cre- Lady Tigers basketball team. He can be reached in his (Curtain Room) of the Maravich Center. The order of the dentials for LSU 2008-09 home basketball games should office at (225) 578-8204 or 8226, via e-mail at postgame press conference is as follows: LSU players, be made online at www.LSUsports.net/media by filling out [email protected] or by cell phone at (225) 270-1665. opposing coach and players followed by LSU head coach the form for credentials. Credentials must be requested no Van Chancellor. A member of the LSU Sports Information later than NOON the day before a game.